M3.7 earthquake 180 km E of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 180 km E of Atka, Alaska on Wed, Feb 6, 2019, 12:11 PM HAST (22:11 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 190 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.7	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.097 · 27 stations
3.2	ML, local (Richter)	Alaska Earthquake Center	Preliminary

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jmss (also filed as ak0191pk1tgi). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:35 AM UTC.